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Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Rene Antoine Ferchault] de Reaumur to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/R2/41

Date: 01 January 1734

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Original dated 28 November 1734
Concerning de Reaumur's work on insects, the first volume of which he presents to the Society

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EL/R2/41
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01 January 1734
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur

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Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur, Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Rene Antoine Ferchault] de Reaumur to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris, 01 January 1734, EL/R2/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r2_41/extract-of-a-letter-from-monsieur-rene-antoine-ferchault-de-reaumur-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-paris, accessed on 06 October 2024

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